SF Blues v Brumbies
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@barbarian said in SF Blues v Brumbies:
@chimoaus said in SF Blues v Brumbies:
@Steven-Harris said in SF Blues v Brumbies:
@chimoaus i looks pretty daming , yes there may have been other calls that could have gone either way during the game , but you know what a team has time rectify any wrong doings ..but that call could have changed everything ..will take the win as a Blues supporter , but i will say i would have had no issues if the call had gone the other way ..
Every incorrect/marginal call has a sliding doors moment that could heavily impact the outcome. If White was carded for cynical play on the ground or the Brumbies try was disallowed it would have had an impact. The call was 50/50 and the Blues got the rub of the green. If the Brumbies had held onto the ball instead of going for the drop goal they may have got a penalty and won.
Sport will always have these moments and good teams take it out of the hand of the ref and focus on their roles and what they can do next.
This post should be pinned in every match thread, and I agree with it wholeheartedly. Except for one thing: it wasn't a 50/50 call.
It was the type of play that in minutes 1-75 it's a penalty to the defending team and nobody questions it. Isolated player on the ground, defender over the top on the ball. You can post all the screenshots you want, I don't care. You're overthinking it - it's holding the ball.
O'Keefe was clearly aware of the game circumstances and put the whistle away. Craig Joubert blows that penalty, 100%. Wayne Barnes does too. They aren't afraid of the big call, even though it's bitten them a few times.
But still, Blues were the better team, deserved the win, other things were missed, etc etc etc.
Swings and roundabouts - all those refs might have been tougher on where players join a maul or a maul not moving.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in SF Blues v Brumbies:
Get Ofa my lawn -
That photo just tells me that Lolesio completely mis-hit the doppie - low trajectory, helicopter flight rather than end over end, head up early instead of down over the ball, Ofa barely 3 inches off the ground
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@Stargazer said in SF Blues v Brumbies:
@junior I agree, but what this photo can't show you is how close Ofa was to Lolesio and how fast he was running towards him.
Good point - Ofa thundering down on him may have gone along way to putting him off
